# Fractures at Momentive Performance Materials Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019044054` · 4/21/2019 · TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Momentive Performance Materials Inc
- **Location:** 5700 Century Blvd, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, 77590
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee changed the gasket on top of a reactor and was descending from the top of the reactor (20 feet above ground) on a fixed ladder. At around 5 feet, the employee slipped and fell off the ladder, hitting the ground. The employee suffered a fractured L4 vertebra and a compressed disc.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*